Contents

J. Shemer, Y. Shoenfeld (Eds.)
Terror and Medicine
Medical Aspects of Biological, Chemical and Nuclear Terrorism

  • A. Eisenkraft, E. Robenshtok, S. Luria: Personal Protection against Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents

  • R. Rubenshtein, E. Robenshtok, A. Eisenkraft, A. Vidan, S. Luria, A. Hourvitz: Training Medical Personnel to Treat Casualties of Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical Warfare

  • M. Oren: Bioterrorism

Chemical Agents

  • E. Robenshtok, A. Eisenkraft, S. Luria: Preparedness of Local and National Health Systems for a Chemical Terrorist Attack

  • S. Luria, E. Robenshtok: Organophosphates: Nerve Agents, Pesticides, and their Use as Chemical Weapons

  • R. Rubenshtein, S. Luria: Cyanides

  • R. Ben-Abraham, I. Shapira, S. A. Berger, A. A. Weinbroum: Acute Care and Perioperative Management of Casualties with Combat Anticholinesterase Poisoning

  • A. Gilad, I. Layish, S. Luria: The Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack

  • A. Eisenkraft, Z. Tashma, S. Luria: Mustard Gas – Clinical Implications and Management

  • A. Vardi, I. Levin, H. Berkenstadt, A. Cohen, A. Ziv: Simulation-Based Training of Medical Teams to Manage Chemical Warfare Casualties

Biological Agents

  • E. Robenshtok, R. Sagi, L. Katz, B. Brenner: Biological Warfare – Disease Prevention and Post Exposure Medical Treatment

  • A. Orr-Urtreger: Detection and Clinical Identification of a Biological Weapons Attack

  • A. M. Yinnon, Y. Schlesinger, D. Raveh: The Spectrum of Clinical Presentations Associated with Biological Warfare

  • R. Kaempfer, G. Arad: Biodefense Strategies against Superantigen Toxins

  • O. Aizenstien, O. Lehavi, M. Maman, R. Sagi: Tetracyclines and Ciprofloxacin as Treatment for Children and Pregnant or Lactating Women in the Era of Biological Terror

  • Y. Nofech Mozes, A. Winder, B. Tadmor, E. Rotman, M. Maman, R. Sagi, A. Hourvitz: Anthrax – an Overview at 2003

  • D. Michaeli: Smallpox

  • L. H. Katz, R. Sagi, A. Hourvitz: Smallpox – Past, Present and Future

  • P. E. Slater, E. Anis, A. Leventhal: Smallpox Preparedness in Israel: Recommendations and First Steps

  • M. Hueta, R. D. Balicer, A. Leventhal: Analysis of the Israeli Smallpox Revaccination Program – Strength, Weaknesses, Threats and Opportunities

  • S. A. Berger, A. A. Weinbroum, I. Shapira: Hemorrhagic Fevers and Bioterror

  • Y. Yehezkelli, R. Sagi, M. Maman: Ricin – A Potent Plant Toxin

Radiological Terrorism

  • Y. Yehezkelli, O. Lahavi, T. Dushnitsky, A. Hourvitz: Radiation Terrorism – The Medical Challenge

Trauma

  • M. Michaelson, N. Olim, G. Hyams: Preparedness for Mass Casualty Situations – the Key to Success

  • K. Peleg, L. Aharonson-Daniel, M. Michaelson, A. Rivkind, D. Simon, R. Alfisi, G. Shaked, M. Stein, Y. Kluger, I. Jeroukhimov, S. C. Shapira: The Epidemiology of Terror – Data from the Israeli National Trauma Registry

  • M. Stein, A. Hirshberg: Limited Mass Casualties Due to Conventional Weapons – The Daily Reality in a Level 1 Trauma Center

  • D. Shaham, T. Sella, O. Goitein, A. Makori, L. Appelbum, P. Lebensart, A. I. Rivkind, J. Bar-Ziv, E. Libson: Terror Attacks: The Role of Imaging

  • G. Almogy, A. I. Rivkind: Suicide Bombings: The General Surgeon’s View

  • G. Steuer, S. Goodman, P. Levin, S. Einav, B. Minz, C. L. Sprung, A. I. Rivkind, C. Weissman, Y. G. Weiss: Acute Lung Injuries among Survivors from Suicide Bomb Attacks

  • A. Eldad, J. Peleg, T. Tzur: Terror and War Burns in Israel

  • J. Hiss, M. Freund, U. Motro, T. Kahana: The Forensic Pathology of Terrorism in Israel – Two Years of Suicide Bombings

  • I. Braverman, D. Wexler, S. Abu-Mouch, Y. Brandstetter, M. Oren: Penetrating Bone Fragments in Suicide Bombings: A Potential New Mode of Infection

  • M. Himelfarb, J. T. Cohen: Otologic Manifestations of Blast Injury

Rehabilitation of Victims of Terror

  • G. Zeilig, N. Knoller, M. Zwecker, R. Laufer, A. Brezner, H. Weingarden: Unique Aspects of Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injuries in Victims of Terror

Psychological Aspects

  • I. Kutz, A. Bleich: Conventional, Chemical and Biological Terror of Mass Destruction: Psychological Aspects and Psychiatric Guidelines

  • S. Noy: Preventive Program against Biological Warfare: The Public must be an Informed Active Participant

  • S. Noy: The Clinical Pictures Expected at the Stage of Impact in a Situation of Biological Warfare

  • A. Ponizovsky, A. Grinshpoon, A. Yagur, B. Ben-Gershon: War Stress in a Primary Care Clinic in the Neighborhood of Gilo, Jerusalem

Environmental Aspects

  • D. Elad: Veterinary Medicine and the Biological Threat

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